The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago Mifsud, David Mazzeo, Gaetana Russo, Agatino Watson, Gillian W. Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 3P8SH 249532 Maskell, 1879 Maskell 1879 [151,504,1311,1336] Insecta Margarodidae Icerya Animalia Hemiptera 15 514 Arthropoda species purchasi  First intercepted at Maltain 1907, on ornamental plants coming from Sicily. The scale was first noticed in some gardens in St. Julian’s, from where it rapidly spread to Sliemaand Msida; in two to three years it was well established everywhere in Maltaand Gozo( Borg, 1919; 1922a: 86; Mifsud & Watson, 1999; Dandria, 2010). Borg (1932)recorded the species on citrus,  Acacia,  Pittosporum tobira, rose trees,  Robinia pseudo-acacia,  Caesalpina sappanand many other non-specified plants. It was also recorded by Saliba (1963)as “very common on citrus, less so on pear and mulberry”, and by Vella (1991).   Material examined:  MALTA, Mosta,  13.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on  Rosmarinus officinalis, GW;  Mosta,  13.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on  Pittosporum tobira, GW; Mġarr,  14.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on  Pistacia lentiscus, DM;  Marsa, Għammieri,  12.iii.1994, 1 ♀ on  Artemisia vulgaris, CF; Qawra,  14.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on  Pittosporum tobira, CM;  Valletta,  13.ii.2012, 1 ♀ on  P. tobira, CM; Bugibba,  18.ii.2012, 5 ♀♀ on  Citrus sinensis, CM;  Mdina,  19.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on  C. sinensis, CM; Qawra,  19.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on  Rosasp., CM;  Luqa, 2 ♀♀on  P. tobira, CM.  GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley,  16.iii.1994, 2 ♀♀ on  Arisarum vulgare, DM; Victoria,  15.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀on  P. tobira, CM. 3342573372 [442,1191,1593,1618] 1994-03-13 Malta Mosta 15 514 2 2 Mosta 3342573445 1994-03-13 1994-03-14 1994-03-13 Malta Mosta 15 514 2 2 Mosta 3342573427 1994-03-12 2012-02-14 1994-03-12 Malta Ghammieri 15 514 3 3 Marsa 3342573404 2012-02-13 2012-02-18 2012-02-13 Malta Valletta 15 514 6 6 Valletta 3342573450 2012-02-19 CM Malta Qawra 15 514 4 4 Imdina 3342573310 [678,1040,1737,1762] Malta Luqa 15 514 2 2 Luqa 3342573305 1994-03-16 2012-02-15 1994-03-16 Victoria Malta Dawara Valley 15 514 4 4 Zebbug